New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-05
BISHOP POTTER'S FUNERAL.


ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXERCISES In TRINITY
CHURCH TO-DAY.
Nearly all OF the details for the funeral Of Bishop Potter
have been arranged. The services Will be held,
announced yesterday In Trinity Church Friday morn
ing and will begin promptly at 10 o'clock
Bishops Doane and Coke. OF the Albany and Western
NcwYork Dioceses respectively. the Pow. Dr. Morgan
Dix. and the Rev DIR. @. r. swope, who
has been his spiritual attendant for the last
two years. will offciaie. Bishops Williams,
OF Connecticut and starkey and scarOio Of Newersey,
expected to occupy seats within the chancel rail-
Places for the clergy OF the New-York Diocese,
who will their SUPPLIES, will be arranged
In the of the church near the
chanceL The centre aisle pews will be reserved
for the family and close friends of the Bishop the Epis
copal clergy OF other than the NewY0rk Diocesc the
clergy of other denominations the Standing Committee
OF the Diocese the missionary societies and the vesry or
Trinity Church The general public will be admitted to
the side aisles without tickets.
The services will he opened by procession Of the sur
pced choir the clergy OF the diocese and the bishops and
officiating clergy in the order named, marching from the
yestry down the south side aisle to the church
door. where it will be joined by six porters
carrying The coffin covered with purple pail Then the
procession will go mp the middle aisle 10 the altar. Dur
ing the services the coffin will resi- in the cbancel
Is male Of polished oak and on its lid
is a raised oaken cross The silver
the lid The body WILDE dressed in the Episcopal robes
which the Bishop during the latter portion his
active in the diocese. At the request OF the
family the body will not be exposed to view in the church
the services the body will be conveyed to the
Grand Central station and taken by special train To
POughkeepse The train will consist OF the funeral car
WOOdawn and prOr car and will he occupied only by
members OF the family the bishops and the clergy OF the
dOceSe
At late hour last night word had been received
from the Rev. Dr. Henry G. Potter. who upon the death
his uncle became the head the Newly Ork diocese
He Is In the sonth Of spain: cable dispatch was
sent his bankers he forwarded 10 him Monday,
and answer has been received 1t Thought that he
is temporarily beyond the reach OF the telegraph.
The following address has been issued to the Protestant
Episcopal clergy OF the diocese:
DIOCESE OF NEwYoRK Jan. 4. 1887.
The Standing Committee OF the Diocese o. New
York actng ~ the ecclesiastical authority in Tho
u. D., announce 10 the clergy and aiy OF the ,oetse
the death OF the Right k,viend Ho'atio Potter.
who oparpd Tits lie on sunday Jannary = 1887 at twenty
minutes past O'Clock aged eighty years, ten
months and twenty three DAYS
The news death OF venerable and beloved Fhther
in God viii be received wuh deep emo
S s tinted al States and s hue , SsoFG Anqcan
every virtue Of the Christian G. aracteri he
administered his dlo,ese With great ability
widely fell his pscOpate wOndr i growth
appeared Of the ed IN which lie abored he let
his prosperous peaceful and united household
m eminent pastors of the flock OF { hrisi.
The iuD' rd services will be h, I'll IN Trinity Church
frha next u 7t instant al 10 a. m The reverend
clergy respectfully invited to attend The nave OF the
Will we'd for te ana they VIII enter by mo
main door Broadway.
IL IL also requested that on lay Of tho funeral and Tor
thirty thereafter tho churches AMI capcs oil ne no, csc
MORGAN DIX. President.